OTOC Leverages Nearly $1M for Demolition & Training in Omaha

OTOC Fights for $1 Million in Housing Demolition in Omaha

Omaha Together One Community wants both candidates to commit $1 million a year to the problem. The city has 748 houses on its demolition list. On average, it costs the city about $12,000 to knock down a house -- but neighbors say it’s worth every penny.

Austin Interfaith Blocks Lobbyists from Rewriting Land Use Code

After Austin Interfaith leaders took issue with a proposal that “would have allowed registered lobbyists to serve on the citizen committee that will guide the rewriting of the city’s land-development code…” the proposal was pulled.

Border Interfaith Brings Clean Water to Hundreds of Families

Fighting the waters in Southeast Queens

As our region continues to recover from the devastation of superstorm Sandy, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg have rightly said that the city and state need to update their infrastructure to deal with the increased likelihood of future flooding. Bloomberg even based his endorsement in the presidential race on President Obama’s position on climate change.

AIM (Montgomery County, MD) wins $30 million to build 4 new community centers in neglected neighborhoods.

AIM congregations organized for $30 million in county funds to renovate four neglected community centers in historically African-American neighborhoods. This will impact the 3,500 families who are within walking distance of these community centers, particularly the seniors and low-income, at-risk youth who mostly utilize these centers.

BUILD keeps Baltimore recreaction centers open

In response to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s proposal to close half of the recreation centers, BUILD led the fight at City Hall to keep them open. After turning out hundreds of youth, parents, and residents throughout the City budget hearings, BUILD joined the Mayor and City Council members to support passing a 2 cent bottle tax to fund the recreation centers and keep them open.

WIN created a $450 million Community Benefits Fund and a $100 Neighborhood Investment Fund to ensure that the investment in downtown development is matched by an equivalent investment in DC’s neighborhoods. Revenue from the funds is dedicated to affordable housing, neighborhood retail, libraries, other public facilities, infrastructure repairs and upgrades in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, including the The new Washington Highlands Library.